Thankfully the federal system — unlike the commonwealth’s — still allows the sentence to be carried out.
By Paul Davis
Paul Davis: Pennsylvania Senator Mike Regan calls for mandatory death sentence for cop killers
The senator intends to introduce legislation to eliminate the option for life imprisonment when a police officer is murdered.
By Paul Davis
Thom Nickels: What Gary Heidnik, the last man executed in Pa., foretold
N. Philadelphia serial killer and rapist Gary Michael Heidnik, who inspired the character Buffalo Bill in “Silence of the Lambs,” manipulated the psychiatric and justice systems until the end. But at that end, he had one last, truthful thing to say.
By Thom Nickels
George Parry: Krasner’s handling of Mumia case part of a disturbing pattern
Maureen Faulkner’s persistence and courage in filing her petition have brought into sharp focus the questions that continue to hang over Philly’s district attorney.
By George Parry